My 2-cents... :rolleyes: !

I agree w/Dr_Simon. The Korg's are great machines for the $$$. This depends, of course, on HOW MUCH you can afford? It would help to know what your 'spending limit is' - and what you plan on doing w/these recordings.

-Pick out a few that you've heard good things about.
-Check out ALL the feauteres of these few machines (like, make a LIST to compare)
-Decide which features are most important to your recording plans, and you'll likely make a good choice.

Make sure they have HARD-DRIVES and not any other 'media-card' storage, etc. Hard drives supply more memory (uncompressed audio file take a LOT of memory), you can replace them, upgrade, back them up. They're the same drives as in a laptop.

If you want to perform any 'waveform' editing right from the machine (which is a GREAT feature to have), you'll want to know how many tacks will "playback" at 24-bit. Most under the $1000 price-range will playback 8-tracks at 24-bit.

Everything ends-up at 44.1/16-bit once it gets to CD, but there's the editng factor, D/A A/D converters, dithering, and other things that effect the quality when recording at 16-bit.

Figure out what you'll need for simultaneous mic inputs. Check out the EQ's on all the machines. How much more($$) it is to get a CD-burner that will perform Data/backup/storage (you WILL need that!)

It sounds like a lot of work to figure out if you're new at this, but you'll LEARN a lot from the experience, and a couple weeks of 'looking around' & comparing features is worth avoiding a couple of years owning something you'll wish you took more time choosing. ;)

CHECK OUT:
KORG D1200mkII (about $1000 includes a CD burner) *6-track playback @24bit
TASCAM 788 (about $800 w/external CD burner) *8-track playback @24bit
YAMAHA AW16G (about $1000 includes burner, GREAT machine!)
Fostex VF-160 (under $1000, maybe $800 or $900, includes burner, but check to see 24-bit features)

HOPE THAT HELPED Ya', GOOD LUCK BRO'! Let ud know what you get!


~JSV
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